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A74940	The reformed Virginian silk-worm, or A rare and new discovery of a speedy way, and easy means, found out by a young Lady in England, she having made full proof thereof in May, anno 1652. For the feeding of silk-worms in the woods, on the mulberry-trees in Virginia ... and also to the good hopes that the Indians, seeing and finding that there is neither art, skill, nor pains in the thing, they will readily set upon it, being by the benefits thereof inabled to buy of the English ... all these things that they most desire.		1655 (1655)	Thomason E840_13; ESTC R207475	30,519	44

And may in Wealth compare with rich Peru. And for all Tooles that appertaine thereto A Twelve-peny Reele is all it will cost you No wit no strength no purse no stock will need But Eies and hands the Worms to guard and feed And thus you see done is the Silken deed Which brings you so great wealth with so much speed Five hundred pounds worth of rich Silk all know Fraights less then ten pounds in poore Tobacco Silkes are no trash no toy nor Pedlars ware Staple good and ready chinke every where Twenty shillings a pound t' will yield you cleare And Ships to fetch it will come flying there Queenes of the best edition need not scorne In her owne Livery to serve this Worm Only to give her leaves is all she craves And in reward with Silk shee 'l make you brave Out of her rich belly by her mouth spun Weaves it into a most curious bottom Which by a Reele turning with hand of man Is wholly wound off most neatly againe To feed Silk-Worms no Caling can disdaine Seeing they yeild you so much honest gaine No imployment in the World so likely To make so soone your lasie Savage Wealthy For his Silk bottoms in exchange shall have From English what he so needs begs and craves Red coats hose shooes knives they highly deeme Jewes-Trumps Bells Beads all toys no less esteeme If all be thus the cause you now demand Why hath this knowledg been thus long detain'd And but now by the Ladies Books inflam'd Ignorance of Planters so strange hath been Till now ne're knew nor dreamt of this rich thing Confest it is that of 't some they have seene Regardlesly but ne're did them esteeme Which loss of Wealth and Honour they 'l regaine And Virgins Counsell follow will amaine The happy onset they this Spring have made Assures them all a stately pretious trade Sir Henry Chichly that Heroick Knight Affirmes ther 's not an ingenuous Wight In Virginia but makes all speed he can To be e're long a Silken noble man And say Colonel Ludlow certifies That thence from Silk great profit will arise Yea worthy Bernard that stout Colonel Informes the Lady the work most facile And of rich Silken stuffs made shortly there He hopes that he and others shall soone weare So major John Westrope saith Silk will be A gallant designe for their brave Country Thunder was that that some men onely doubt But triall made this Spring puts that feare out In all Lands where Worms are kept t is wonder To heare that any were harm'd by thunder Their naturall Worm proves this more truer Mr. Gorge Lobs that prudent old Planter Tels her that Worms ne're spun Silk daintier Le ts give those Gentlewomen their full dues Mistress Garret and Burbage for Silk clues That Colonells Wife needs not farr to rove Her Court affords a pleasant Mulberry Grove But noble Diggs carries the Bell away Lass want of eggs made so small the essay His two Armenians from Turky sent Are now most busy on his brave attempt And had he stock sufficient for next yeare Ten thousand pound of Silk would then appeare And to the skies his worthy deeds upreare Loe here what mistress Mary Ward hath sent And to her Lady Cosin she presents Ten rare Bottoms took from her Apple-tree That all England may it beleeve and see Her honour'd Kins-man Esquire F●rrar To confirme and make the wonder greater Ten more likewise hath sent her which he found On stately Oakes and Shrubs that kiss the ground And Doctour Russell that learn'd Phisitian Hath with his made a full addition For things more slowly do affect the minde Which eares do heare then those that eies do find Now from smoke Virginia shall be raised And throughout the World be duly praised Ah Blest be God that now in his due time This Silken light apparently doth shine Then come O come with sacred Days Let us sound the Almightys praise I. F. To the most Noble deserving Esquire Diggs upon the Arrivall of his two Armenians out of Turky into Virginia Courage brave Sir sith Ayde from God is sent Proceed go on drive forth thy great intent A Comparison between the gain and labour of TOBACCO and SILK TObacco requires 9 moneths time much care and labour both without and within dores and a mans Crop is commonly 15 hundred weight of Tobacco and this at two pence a pound is 14 pound gain Silk requires six weeks time if done in a house and by the labour of a man and boy in gathering leaves and tending the worms that come of six ounces seed there is by so many worms spun as much Silk as will weigh sixty pound weight and this but at 20 shil a pound yeelds 60 l. in ready money Tobacco leaves a man but 3 moneths in the year for other business Silk leaves a man ten moneths time in the year for any other imployments 14 pounds a man gaines by his Crop of Tobacco 60 pounds a man and boy gains by his Crop of Silk Then let all men judge which is the more gainfull But what will be the gain and profit by the worms feeding and spinning on the Trees is more considerable and also the naturall Virginia-Worms bottome exeeding ours in Europe 20 times in bigness and in weight what a Treasure then will this be and no labour cost hazard expence of time at all a Boy onely to keep away the Birds from eating the Silk-worms on the Trees c. Thus learned Bartas upon this noble admirable Creature YEt may I not this Wonderous Worm pass by Of fly urn'd Worm and of a Worm a Fly Two Births two Deaths here Nature hath assign'd her Leaving a Posthum● dead-live Seed behind her Which soon transforms the fresh and tender leaves Of Thisbes pale tree to those tender sleaves On Ovall Clues of soft smooth silken Flax which more for us then for her self she makes O precious fleece which only did adorne The sacred loins of Princes heretofore But our proud age with prodigall abuse Hath so profan'd the old honorable use That Shifters now that scarce have bread to eat Disdain plain Silk unless it be beset With one of those brave Metals whose desire Burns greedy soules with an impartiall fire Had Du Bartas fully known all the vertues and rarities in this incomparable Creature even a miracle in Nature he would have inlarged his Poems in a more ample manner in the praise of it to the great honour of the Creatour Cui Gloria Amen Homo Vermis Wee all are creeping Worms of th' earth Some are Silk-Worms great by birth Glow-Worms some that shine by night Slow-Worms others apt to bite Some are muck-Worms slaves to wealth Maw-Worms some that wrong the health Some to the publique no good willers Cancker-Worms and Cater-pillers Found about the earth wee 'r crawling For a sorry life wee 'r sprawling Putrid stuff we suck it fills us Death then sets his foot and kills us FINIS

a late Book ●ent you published by Mr. Williams not onely in regard of the Climate being the same with China from whence the infinite quantity of silk comes but abounding as it doth with Mulberry-trees naturally growing there and exceeding it by the Silkworm-bottoms found in her Woods She hath I say this Spring found out by the speciall blessing of God upon her intentions so rare so speedy and so costless a way and means for the feeding of Silkwormes by the triall and experiment she so luckily made to the admiration of all that have seen or heard of it as a thing scarce credible because not heretofore thought of nay as it were held impossible by such Authours as have written of the ordering and feeding of Silk-worms that this her invention being thus made known unto you her beloved friends in Virginia she is most confident and assures herself you will all there instantly without further delay which will be the joy of her heart become great and rich Masters of this noble Silk-work to all your unspeakable wealth The way to speedy wealth was by some hundreds o● you to remov● some 60 mile● miles South by land and to attempt th● discovery of the Westerly Sea on the border of Virginia and both two ve●… easily atchieved c. The lady ha●… of these Sil● bottoms in h●… Cabinet as Jewels to co●vince the i●credulous they are ten times bigge● then any in Europe to a●miration a●… of infinite incouragemen● to the work Do but as she hath done follow but with good courage your cheerfull leader and doubtless you shall finde what she desires you may namely Great profit and pleasure in an honest imployment This Silken-Mine will be to you of more benefit then a Mine of silver In the beginning of May last 1652 when her young Mulberry-tree in her Garden began to put out its buds Contrary 〈◊〉 Book Rule then her Silkworm-eggs began to hatch These eggs were purposely ●…posed to ●…re cold winds and ●…ost being ●aid spaw●ed on a wall 〈◊〉 a chamber ●nd there re●ained all ●inter long to ●…y the vertue ●f the Eggs ●…c And twice ●efore they ●…me out of ●…eir bottoms ●…x times in ●…l ●he seventh ●…ey appear ●…en come ●…t a gallant ●…ken white-●…nged Fly as the nature of this wise creature is when her food begins once to appear she comes forth of her shell she presently laying a Mulberry-leafe upon these little crawling creatures they came all upon it instantly then she carried the leafe and them upon it to the tree upon whose leaves they made hast to be and there they day and night fed themselves creeping from leafe to leafe and branch to branch at their own liberties most pleasing to themselves they grew and thrived wonderfully and surpassed in largness of body those other wormes she kept in her chamber she having been many a year a Mistris of Silkworms and kept them by the Book-rules this good and prosperous beginning heightened her hopes The wormes as their nature is cast off or slipped out of their skins four severall times still growing greater and greater to the singular delight and content of their Mistris About 45 dayes thus feeding upon the leaves they began that rare and glorious work of spinning their Silk-bottomes upon the leaves and branches of the tree such a gallant sight to behold it ravished the Spectators and their Mistris joy was crowned with excess of happiness herein and hereby apparently finding the incomparable felicity this would prove to her dearly beloved Virginia for so you must give her leave to call it for she concluded and so must all you that this being thus effected in England how much more with assured confidence will the wormes live feed and spin in Virginia 〈◊〉 weather it ●…ms hurts ●…m there 〈◊〉 heat and as they ●…ter them●…es under 〈◊〉 great ●…ves as with ●…eld but ●…ther do ●…m them 〈◊〉 easie is a ●…vasse cove●… reared o●… the trees ●…ave them 〈◊〉 either of 〈◊〉 she upon serious and due consideration of this thing gave God hearty and humble thanks And what can any of you now wish for more incouragement the full proof is made the work or rather let me call it the pleasure is effected with so much ease so little cost hazard or pains as all may admire it 'T is not the hundreth part of your care labour or toyl you take about your Tobacco and an hundred times as I may say all things put together more gain and profit to you then you make by Tobacco which in truth is but smoak and vapour but this a reall-royall-solid-rich-staple Commodity And yet if you will have still smoak so this neither will nor can hinder your labour in that or take from you any other employment you have a minde unto Consider consider I pray you beloved friends your incomparable happiness in this thing and bless God for it Surely I should much wrong your judgements and patience if I should spend any more arguments to perswade you to this so great benefit to you and should be like to him that to manifest the clear Sun-shine at noon-day brought in a candle In a word there 's nothing is or can be wanting but your true thankfulness to God for compleating this happy invention and your present speedy putting it in practice Yet give me leave before I bid you adieu to add the incomparable joy this Lady hath who is confidently perswaded her daily prayers are to God for it that this new invented way of thus keeping Silkworms on the Trees it requiring neither skill nor pains this last being the only Remora in the Savages nature which witholds them from attempting any thing of labour that when the Indians shall behold and see you begin the business they will with all alacrity set upon it likewise and imitate you And that you to incourage them as well you may do agree with them that for every pound-weight of Silk-bottoms they bring unto you you give them as well it deserves 5 shil worth in any Commodities they desire And thus by the blessing of Almighty God there may be good hope of their civilizing and conversion so that they may be likewise great gainers both in body and soul by this thing And if this prove so Gods mercies and workes being far beyond our capacities how much then indeed will Virginia's happiness be every way raised to the height of Blisse The promise being made That they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the Firmament and they that turn many to righteousnesse as the stars for ever and ever which the God of wisdome and power grant to you all in Virginia and so Lord prosper this work in their hands Lord prosper their handy-work good luck I wish you all in the name of the Lord Amen Amen Amen Memorandum that you take notice that the Birds will eat up the Silkworms on the trees so that care must be had and it 's

easily prevented by severall wayes and means as you will devise to scare away the birds if all fail a boy may be set that may affright them them al away with some noise or by nets encompa●sing the trees and the birds will also carry the Silk-bottoms off the trees if they be let there remain but that 's soon pre●ented by taking them speedily away And this of the birds is the chief reason that Virginia abounds not with plenty of the naturall wilde Silkworms they devouring most of them and it 's a wonder how any at all escape them but that God preser●es some few of the race that his power and wisdome may be seen and the aptnesse of the Countrey to invite you to the work It will be good for you to incourage the Savages when they finde any bottoms in the woods to bring them to you that you may get of the race and seed to increase it For their Bot●om being ten ●imes bigger ●hen ours ●hat mighty ●reat Worms ●ust they be ●nd what in●ouragement 〈◊〉 this to the ●usinesse and ●ow much ●ore silk they ●ake then ●…rs c. Some say the originall Silkworm is produced by the corruption of the old Mulberry-tree and leaves by the Sunne and moisture But that none of you may want a stock to begin your Silk-work the Lady aforesaid hath sent you store of Silkworm-eggs to be distributed amongst you Till you can ●et and gain ●…e Egg and ●eed of your ●a●turall gal●…nt large Silk ●orm which 〈◊〉 chiefly that ●…u must en●…vour to store ●…ur selves ●…th no Eggs ●…mparable to 〈◊〉 c. and if you begin but with an 100 eggs this year they will next year be above 1000 for one female Silk-fly will lay 3 4 500 at a time all things more and more concurring to your incouragement Now the two Propositions that tend to infinite welfare benefit and wonderfull advantage both to England and the Colony joyntly are those that follow they which upon no terms are to be omitted to be published and effected First that with all speed some kinde of Coyne be sent to Virginia that may be authorized to passe there for their Commerce and better trading But whether all silver somewhat valued above its worth or part silver and part copper is left to the wi●e judgments in that case But of this confidently be assured that without some kinde of coyn or other that Colony can no way prosper or thrive nor any staple-commodities be set up or Artificers in any kinde follow their professions for Tobacco being now their money and that with which all Commerce is driven and paiments made in and passeth from man to man all men are set upon that thing with the neglect of all other rich and solid innumerable Commodities that are in that land to be had and till this remedy of Coyne be applied there can be no prosperity in that Colony Were not the thing as apparent to all mens understandings as light is from darknesse I should alledge many reasons for it but it 's so needlesse to spend time about it as it might well be thought a great absurdity What then remains but that some publique spirited Patriot that would immortalize his name and honour in the procuring of this so necessary a thing to be speedily effected wherein also as the generall good he shall do so the benefit will be ever great to those that shall undertake the carrying over this Coyne be it what it will be all men know it so well what the gain will be as there 's no need to name it in particular manner they cannot wish for more profit then that will be to the undertakers and the Colony will with all their hearts be content with it and esteeme them happy and thrice happy Benefactours The second thing is that a Publication be procured and sent to the Colony in Virginia declaring unto them that there shall be liberty for all men to bring from thence for the space of ten years to come any commodity that they shall there raise into England Custome and Excize free Tobacco onely excepted which may pay double Custome if so thought fit and further that to what value of money such commodities shall be sold for here in England being rated at the Custome-house at their entry it shall be lawfull to carry out to Virginia any Commodities again to the same proportion worth Custome and Excize free These two reasonable things granted as they shall infinitily with all speed advance the Plantation so shall they all things duly weighed in the scale of prudence be no lesse beneficiall to England as all men that have their eyes in their heads and English hearts in their bodies see and apparantly know nothing more sure and certain and all stable and needfull Commodities brought out of all-liberall Virginia into England at a very reasonable rate and price much cheaper then now we have them and are fain to fetch them with great hazard from doubtfull friends or Heathen Nations to their great enriching and our own impoverishing as to all knowing men is most apparent we shall be free from the usurpation of forreign Princes and States in our Estates Lives Liberties and shipping and we may conclude boldly and rejoycingly that Providence hath provided this all-sufficient Countrey of Virginia against these times and to these intents that hence we may have all we want from our own brethren our Navy there increased to what number we please for this incomparable land affords naturally all whate're belongs to the building and rigging of a Navy in all compleat manner from top to toe as may be said and by a safe a sure certain easie near at hand westerly disco●ery part by land and part by Rivers and Seas contract all the riches of the South-sea the Molocos Philipines China c. by 3000 leagues neerer to us without molestation by any Prince or Pirat and shall not need at all to be troubled if Rushia Poland Denmark Sweden Norway Germany yea France Spain Italy Constantinople were removed 5000 times more distant from us Sir Francis Drake was An. 1577 in a Westerly Sea one the back of Virginia in 37 degrees in opposite to the head of James Town in Virginia and he failed from that Countrey which he called Nova Albion in an open Sea to the Molocos and China and so that also this way a trade may be made to those places to the back of Virginia c. for in one word what ever these Countreys afford either necessary or superfluous all-sufficient Virginia within its limits will produce unto us And shall there not I say then now be found a zealous Patriot that will stand up for his Countrey and procure these things to be done out of hand Now God forbid I commit the businesse to God having done what I conceive my part is who onely have good wishes and daily prayers to attend this enterprize which God prosper Amen POSTSCRIPT At a